Seagate Barracude question.

manic111 · 30 Jul 2007 at 20:35

My 320gb 7200 RPM SATA II Barracuda hard drive will be arriving tomorrow. Ive read the reviews, and they mention removing a jumper on the back to get it to its full speed. First, does this require any technical know how, and second, does it void the warranty?

Shamrock · 30 Jul 2007 at 20:59

It's just a case of removing a small plastic thing from the pins on the back using some tweezers.

I doubt it voids the warranty because otherwise how would anyone switch their drive between master and slave.

manic111 · 30 Jul 2007 at 21:31

Cool cool. Is it fairly obvious what I need to be removing?

DavidB · 30 Jul 2007 at 22:01

Its pretty simple, youll manage it fine

manic111 · 30 Jul 2007 at 23:47

Legend, cheers for the pic.

Garyj881 · 31 Jul 2007 at 08:04

Question, i'm assuming that enables the acoutsic management?

Does that work on all the Seagate Barracuda drives, ie my 7200.7?

PhillyDee · 31 Jul 2007 at 09:09

No, i believe it changes it from SATA-150 to SATA-300. I think Acoustic managment is done in the firmware omehow, check the manufacturers website for a utility.
Acoustic managment tends to slow the drive down a touch.

Growlingfish · 31 Jul 2007 at 10:31

PhillyDee said:
No, i believe it changes it from SATA-150 to SATA-300.

Yeah this is what it is ^

Garyj881 · 31 Jul 2007 at 10:37

Nah i was imformed that they don't give the option to enable or disable it.

There software doesnt give the option either, just an error checking program.